Werder Bremen vs FC Cologne

23 September 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Bastian Dankert

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Santos Borré 38’
  • Justin Njinmah 67’
  • Davie Selke 31’

Match summary

Werder Bremen came from behind to win 2-1 at home to FC Cologne. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Davie Selke put FC Cologne ahead with a header in the 31st minute, Santos Borré equalised in the 38th minute, set up by Marvin Ducksch, and Justin Njinmah won it in the 67th minute, set up by Senne Lynen.

FC Cologne can feel hard done by, creating 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Werder Bremen's 1.60 from 17.

Match stats

Werder Bremen FC Cologne
17 Shots 13
6 Shots on Target 5
9 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.60 xG 1.99
1.60 Non-penalty xG 1.99
13 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Werder Bremen FC Cologne
Kick-off
31’
Davie Selke0-1 (FC Cologne)
Santos Borré
Assist: Marvin Ducksch1-1 (Werder Bremen)
38’
Half-time1-1
Justin Njinmah
Assist: Senne Lynen2-1 (Werder Bremen)
67’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Werder Bremen
  • Milos Veljkovic
  • Mitchell Weiser
FC Cologne
  • Faride Alidou

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.60 1.99 31’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), 0-1 31’ 38’ Santos Borré (Werder Bremen), 1-1 38’ 67’ Justin Njinmah (Werder Bremen), 2-1 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.60 1.99 31’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), 0-1 Selke 31’ 38’ Santos Borré (Werder Bremen), 1-1 Borré 38’ 67’ Justin Njinmah (Werder Bremen), 2-1 Njinmah 67’
Werder Bremen 1.60 xGFC Cologne 1.99 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 FC Cologne attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
31’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.76 xG, goal 38’ Santos Borré (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 89’ Damion Downs (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 67’ Justin Njinmah (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 81’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.26 xG, saved 31’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 70’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 49’ Santos Borré (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 46’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 87’ Justin Njinmah (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Naby Keita (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 19’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 42’ Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 6’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 78’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 14’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Senne Lynen (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Naby Keita (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Amos Pieper (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Niklas Stark (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Davie Selke (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.76 xG, goal 38’ Santos Borré (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 89’ Damion Downs (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.39 xG, hit the woodwork 67’ Justin Njinmah (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 81’ Steffen Tigges (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.26 xG, saved 31’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 70’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 49’ Santos Borré (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 46’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 87’ Justin Njinmah (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 16’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 46’ Timo Hübers (FC Cologne), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 90+4’ Naby Keita (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 31’ Julian Chabot (FC Cologne), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Dejan Ljubicic (FC Cologne), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 42’ Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Faride Alidou (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Florian Kainz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 14’ Linton Maina (FC Cologne), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Senne Lynen (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+3’ Naby Keita (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Amos Pieper (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Benno Schmitz (FC Cologne), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Niklas Stark (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jiri Pavlenka GK900 0.000.000
Amos Pieper DEF901 0.020.000
Niklas Stark DEF901 0.010.000
Milos Veljkovic DEF900 0.000.000
Senne Lynen MID8211 0.030.372
Mitchell Weiser MID901 0.070.121
Romano Schmid MID902 0.100.223
Jens Stage MID901 0.060.082
Olivier Deman MID822 0.080.000
Marvin Ducksch FWD8212 0.250.535
Santos Borré FWD6812 0.490.071
Justin Njinmah Sub2212 0.420.192
Christian Groß Sub80 0.000.000
Anthony Jung Sub80 0.000.000
Nick Woltemade Sub80 0.000.021
Naby Keita Sub12 0.080.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 40% Avg odds 2.41
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.62
FC Cologne win 34% Avg odds 2.86

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen LLLWL
FC Cologne LLLDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 1-1 FC Cologne, 20 May 23 Next meeting: FC Cologne 0-1 Werder Bremen, 16 Feb 24  All Werder Bremen vs FC Cologne meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.